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September 26, 2017

Bishops not ready to invite Pope Francis to Canada

Bishop Douglas Crosby

CORNWALL, Ont. – Canada’s bishops will not be inviting Pope Francis to visit Canada any time soon.

Published in Canada
August 21, 2017

Former First Nations head is optimistic about reconciliation

Thirty paddlers participating in the Canadian Canoe pilgrimage depart Victoria Island in the Ottawa River between Ottawa and Gatineau, Quebec Aug. 11.

OTTAWA – Bob Watts, former CEO of the Assembly of First Nations and key player in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA), says he is optimistic about reconciliation.

Published in Canada
April 27, 2016

Church did not ‘weasel’ out of residential school settlement

Archbishop Gerard Pettipas takes issue with a Globe and Mail report that the Catholic Church “weaselled” out of its obligations on Indian residential schools.

A $21-million shortfall on a $25-million fundraising campaign was a fiasco, but it wasn’t an attempt to weasel out of the legal or moral obligations Catholics have in the wake of the residential schools tragedy, Grouard-McLennan Archibishop Gerard Pettipas told The Catholic Register.

Published in Canada
March 18, 2016

TRC chair Justice Murray Sinclair named to the Senate

Justice Murray Sinclair

OTTAWA - Justice Murray Sinclair, chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), is among seven people Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recommended be appointed to the Senate March 18.

Published in Canada
December 27, 2015

Reconciliation council needed as next step of TRC process

Truth and Reconciliation Commission commissioners Marie Wilson and Chief Wilton Littlechild, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and TRC chair Justice Murray Sinclair Dec. 15 at the closing ceremony of the TRC. Trudeau was presented with a silver box containing a thumb drive of the final report.

OTTAWA - A National Council for Reconciliation is the next step in the process now that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission looking into abuses at Indian residential schools has completed its mandate, says lawyer Pierre Baribeau.

Published in Canada
December 16, 2015

Nuncio says Holy Father aware of TRC request for papal apology in Canada

Truth and Reconciliation Commission commissioners Marie Wilson and Chief Wilton Littlechild, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and TRC chair Justice Murray Sinclair Dec. 15 at the closing ceremony of the TRC. Trudeau was presented with a silver box containing a thumb drive of the final report.

OTTAWA - The papal nuncio to Canada says Pope Francis is aware of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s call for the Pope to deliver an apology for past Church abuses in Canada’s Indian residential schools and is sure he “is listening with all his heart as a pastor.”

Published in Canada
December 15, 2015

TRC final report closes legal phase but begins new reconciliation phase

On Dec. 15, the TRC released its seven-volume final report that provides more detail and context for the 94 Calls to Action the commission unveiled last June, but the doors are now open to a new reconciliation phase, say Catholics involved in the process.

OTTAWA - The legal phase of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on Indian residential schools is over, but the doors are now open to a new reconciliation phase, say Catholics involved in the process.

Published in Canada
June 3, 2015

Truth and Reconciliation Commission 2015

Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast joins other Truth and Reconciliation Commission members to conclude the end of the report. Archbishop Prendergast acknowledged the harm that the residential schools had on native children.
Published in About the Catholic Register
October 15, 2014

Catholic entities ‘discriminated’ against by TRC commissioner

Justice Murray Sinclair, head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

OTTAWA - A lawyer representing the Catholic entities involved in Indian residential schools has vehemently rejected criticism from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) head who has accused the Catholic Church of withholding documents.

Published in Canada